The Virginia Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center is headed by Dr. Brian Johnson, a dermatologic surgeon who began his medical
training at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda Maryland. Upon graduation he was designated a United States Navy medical officer. His Navy medical career was diversified serving on two naval ships - USS Yellowstone AD-41 and USS Kearsarge LHD-3 - during major deployments, and field assignments with the Seabees and special forces. The majority of his clinical time was spent at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. He studied dermatology at Johns Hopkins, and completed a Mohs Surgery Fellowship at Northwestern Skin Cancer Institute in Chicago, following in the footsteps of his father, renowned dermatologist / dermatopathologist Dr. Bernett L. Johnson Jr. After 24 years of service Dr. Johnson retired from the Navy and established Virginia Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center.

Dr. Johnson is a Fellow of the American College of Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Cutaneous Oncology and is a practitioner of Mohs Micrographic Surgery, an advanced surgical procedure for the treatment of skin cancers.

Dr. Johnson will be assisted by Mr. Robert Masters, FNP.  Mr. Masters is a nurse practitioner recently retired from the Navy after over 20 years of active service.  He has extensive experience as a dermatology nurse practitioner which includes diagnosis, treatment and surgery of numerous cutaneous conditions. Before joining Virginia Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center, Mr. Masters and Dr. Johnson practiced together for several years while at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth.

The Virginia Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center is also served by the following staff members:

* Jessie Conroy - Medical Assistant

* Nancy Costa - Office manager

* Vielka Inman - Clinical manager and Histology Technician

* Amani Jones - Medical Billing

* Tirsa Rampolla - Medical Assistant

* Kenyatta Shannon - Receptionist